Dear WSU Community: Greetings from French Administration. Congratulations and thanks to each one of you—faculty, staff, leadership, students, alumni, and friends—for your contributions to making the fall semester so successful throughout our statewide enterprise. Commencement on December 8 was a fitting way to publicly celebrate one of our most important moments of the semester: the graduation of […]

Dear WSU Spokane Faculty and Staff, Health sciences education and research at WSU continues to grow and evolve at an impressive rate. As we progress, we must also adapt our management philosophy and operational practices. Today we are announcing two changes to the management structure of our health sciences areas. Common to other top academic […]

Please join me in expressing heartfelt gratitude to Dan Bernardo for a job well done as he prepares to step down as our provost and executive vice president. Serving as provost at a complex, far-flung educational enterprise is a demanding—and often daunting—task. Dan has served the University with great distinction in this role for more than 5 years, providing […]

Dear Faculty and Staff: Happy Halloween! One of the joys of serving as WSU’s president is that I continually meet interesting and intriguing people. Occasionally, unusual conversations take place. Just last night, I was standing in the backyard of the president’s house playing with our corgis, Cayenne and Joule, when a huge, floating pumpkin drifted into […]

Dear Cougar Community: Please join me in expressing heartfelt condolences and unshakable support for our Jewish brothers and sisters—across the nation and in our local communities—in the wake of the horrific shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. The violent hate that has torn apart the lives of countless Americans from Pennsylvania to […]

Dear Cougar Community: The free exchange of ideas is a cornerstone of American democracy. It is also central to our academic mission—the creation and dissemination of new knowledge. Sometimes, new ideas can lead to conflict. With the 2018 midterm elections just around the corner, we will be exposed to opinions and beliefs that run counter […]